One of Britain’s best known musicians, Nicholas Daniel OBE won the BBC Young Musician competition in 1980, after which he quickly established his career, travelling all over the world, broadcasting widely, and making his début at the BBC Proms. He has premièred hundreds of works for the oboe and made many critically acclaimed recordings of both new and familiar music. As a soloist he has appeared with the world’s leading orchestras, performing a huge range of repertoire and premièring works written specially for him by many of the world’s greatest composers. He is a founder member of the Britten Sinfonia, Haffner Wind Ensemble, Orsino Ensemble, and Britten Oboe Quartet. He is also a successful conductor, currently Music Director of Triorca, an orchestra made up of young musicians from Germany, the UK, and Serbia. Living in Cambridgeshire with his husband and his cats Cristal, a British Blue, and Diamond, a Maine Coon, he is a Professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen, in Germany, and a member of Momentum (promoting musical talent, not politics!) and the MAX Musician and Artist Exchange. In 2020, Nicholas Daniel received the Queen’s Medal for Music and was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.